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Bloodthirsty cartels battle for new billion-dollar empire as snipers shield gold-rich valleys & guards are gunned down

the-sun.com · 1h · first reportShare

COCAINE cartels with gold rush fever are violently muscling into the Amazon basin's legal mines to get their cut of a multi-billion dollar trade. Heavily-armed gangs patrol barbed wire fences protecting mines deep within the rainforest, where they run a ruthless racket to extract their most prized asset. Organised crime groups are extorting miners, politicians...